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##############</div&g --Apple-Mail-535825B3-39F3-4779-A9C7-913FB10C68D6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Richard and all I rather suspect the eBird report you produced might be a bit misleading. I t= hink more waxwings than that were reported to eBIrd but were disqualified fr= om entering the general data base because they involve lists reported as Chr= istmas Bird Count routes. I have always just kept a running count for each s= pecies as the day progressed on any routes I do on full day counts and most t= imes I put in a pretty extensive day often involving some night time observa= tions. On CBCS the area tends to be smaller than a spring migration count wh= ere my route covers a good hunk of western Pictou Co from Pictou to the Colc= hester border. However, even this type of data does not seem to be of much g= ood or interest to the statisticians in control of eBird. If this has change= d recently or if I am wrong on this, maybe someone will let me know I personally find it annoying that this data is not counted or at least be i= ncluded in the quarterly eBird lists the seasonal editors receive to compile= the NS Birds magazine. I find it great to be able to record and compare dat= a from one's route from year to year when I do the same sections on the coun= ts I do and for many years I do 5-7 counts. For some of the counts this year= I tried to keep separate lists for each community but I found it easier to l= ump everything together in getting my total for the evening tally and have n= ot yet got around to filing individual lists for each stop in the day. At le= ast the birds on CBC will become part of the data on the Audubon database bu= t the spring count data does not seem to be published anywhere any more that= I can see so the route data I and others submitted has been lost in that i= t is not counted anywhere making one wonder why do the count at all. However= it does get people out looking and sometimes different people than who do a= CBC.=20 Over the winter period, I have had 2 observations of Bohemian waxwings-1 on t= he Economy CBC and 16 at access road to Big I. However I have 7 reports of 3= 28 cedar waxwings including a flock of 125 in Plymouth below my home on the S= pringville CBC. I checked every bird in this flock through my scope for Bo= hemians and there were none to be found. I would think this report would not= be in your report Richard. In past years anyone reporting this number of winter cedars would be asked i= f they checked the flock close enough as Bohemian is the most expected waxwi= ng after November but I think for some reason this year, many cedars have st= ayed behind. It might have something to do with the very bountiful supply of= berries such as Hawthorne and Mountain Ash as well as apples be it flowerin= g crab or Apple trees which seemed to have a lot of fruit this winter. =20 Enjoy winter nature=20 Ken=20 Ken McKenna Plymouth Pictou co.=20 Sent from my iPad > On Jan 16, 2016, at 3:41 PM, Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> wrote:= >=20 > Looking at Ebird data for Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016, there are so far just 3 r= eports of Bohemian waxwing - 15 Big Island (Pictou Co) 8 Jan., 2 East Kemptv= ille., 9 Jan, 250 Big Island same day. For Cedar waxwing there are 20 report= s, with some of up to 75 birds, from a variety of areas - mostly places with= lots of birders. >=20 > Richard >=20 >> On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca> wrote= : >> Be careful of how much you put down on your bet Jim. There seem to be mor= e Cedars than Bohemians this winter although both are being seen.=20 >> Cheers >> Ken >>=20 >> Sent from my iPad >>=20 >>=20 >>> On Jan 16, 2016, at 2:51 PM, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:= >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> Begin forwarded message: >>>=20 >>>> From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >>>> Subject: waxwings, east Wolfville >>>> Date: January 16, 2016 at 2:51:02 PM AST >>>> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >>>> Cc: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> JAN. 16, 2016 - Pat called me to the window at 1 p.m., to show me a lar= ge flock of 75+ waxwings, which sat in our trees but just too far away for d= iagnosis for 15 minutes or so, then flew away. I=E2=80=99ll bet they were B= ohemians, but someone else will have to determine that. Also present were 3= 0+ goldfinches, 15+ mourning doves, 4 rock pigeons, and 10 starlings. This w= as in the Woodman apartment buildings at east-end Wolfville. >>>>=20 >>>> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > ################# > Dr.R.B.Stern, =20 > P.O. Box 300, > Port Williams, > N.S., Canada, > B0P 1T0 > Richard Stern,=20 > Port Williams, NS, Canada > sternrichard@gmail.com > ################### --Apple-Mail-535825B3-39F3-4779-A9C7-913FB10C68D6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Hi Richard and all</div><div id=3D"App= leMailSignature">I rather suspect the eBird report you produced might be a b= it misleading. I think more waxwings than that were reported to eBIrd but we= re disqualified from entering the general data base because they involve lis= ts reported as Christmas Bird Count routes. I have always just kept a runnin= g count for each species as the day progressed on any routes I do on full da= y counts and most times I put in a pretty extensive day often involving some= night time observations. On CBCS the area tends to be smaller than a spring= migration count where my route covers a good hunk of western Pictou Co from= Pictou to the Colchester border. However, even this type of data does not s= eem to be of much good or interest to the statisticians in control of eBird.= If this has changed recently or if I am wrong on this, maybe someone will l= et me know</div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id=3D"AppleMai= lSignature">I personally find it annoying that this data is not counted or a= t least be included in the quarterly eBird lists the seasonal editors receiv= e to compile the NS Birds magazine. I find it great to be able to record and= compare data from one's route from year to year when I do the same sections= on the counts I do and for many years I do 5-7 counts. For some of the coun= ts this year I tried to keep separate lists for each community but I found i= t easier to lump everything together in getting my total for the evening tal= ly and have not yet got around to filing individual lists for each stop in t= he day. At least the birds on CBC will become part of the data on the Audubo= n database but the spring count data does not seem to be published anywhere a= ny more that I can see so the route data I and others submitted has be= en lost in that it is not counted anywhere making one wonder why do the coun= t at all. However it does get people out looking and sometimes different peo= ple than who do a CBC. </div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature"><br></div><= div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Over the winter period, I have had 2 observati= ons of Bohemian waxwings-1 on the Economy CBC and 16 at access road to Big I= . However I have 7 reports of 328 cedar waxwings including a flock of 125 in= Plymouth below my home on the Springville CBC. I checked every b= ird in this flock through my scope for Bohemians and there were none to be f= ound. I would think this report would not be in your report Richard.</div><d= iv id=3D"AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature"> = In past years anyone reporting this number of winter cedars would be asked i= f they checked the flock close enough as Bohemian is the most expected waxwi= ng after November but I think for some reason this year, many cedars have st= ayed behind. It might have something to do with the very bountiful supply of= berries such as Hawthorne and Mountain Ash as well as apples be it flowerin= g crab or Apple trees which seemed to have a lot of fruit this winter.  = ;</div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignatur= e">Enjoy winter nature </div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature"><br></div><= div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Ken </div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">= <br></div><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Ken McKenna</div><div id=3D"AppleMa= ilSignature">Plymouth Pictou co. <br><br>Sent from my iPad<div><br></di= v></div><div><br>On Jan 16, 2016, at 3:41 PM, Richard Stern <<a href=3D"m= ailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><= /div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">Looking at Ebird data f= or Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016, there are so far just 3 reports of Bohemian waxwin= g - 15 Big Island (Pictou Co) 8 Jan., 2 East Kemptville., 9 Jan, 250 Big Isl= and same day. For Cedar waxwing there are 20 reports, with some of up to 75 b= irds, from a variety of areas - mostly places with lots of birders.<div><br>= </div><div>Richard</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"g= mail_quote">On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Ken McKenna <span dir=3D"ltr">&= lt;<a href=3D"mailto:kenmcken@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">kenmcken@eastli= nk.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma= rgin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"aut= o"><div>Be careful of how much you put down on your bet Jim. There seem to b= e more Cedars than Bohemians this winter although both are being seen. = </div><div>Cheers</div><div>Ken<br><br>Sent from my iPad<div><br></div></div= ><div><div class=3D"h5"><div><br>On Jan 16, 2016, at 2:51 PM, Jim Wolford &l= t;<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">jimwolford@eas= tlink.ca</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><br><div= ><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div s= tyle=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><= span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></= span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'">Jim Wolford <<a href=3D"mail= to:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><= br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:= 0px;margin-left:0px"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0= ,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>wax= wings, east Wolfville</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margi= n-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style=3D"font-family:'H= elvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style=3D"font-fam= ily:'Helvetica'">January 16, 2016 at 2:51:02 PM AST<br></span></div><div sty= le=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><sp= an style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span= ><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'">Nature BNS <<a href=3D"mailto:na= ture@blomidonnaturalists.ca" target=3D"_blank">nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca= </a>><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margi= n-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';color:r= gba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'">Ji= m Wolford <<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">ji= mwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div style=3D"word-wra= p:break-word"><div style=3D"margin:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style= =3D"margin:0px"><b>JAN. 16, 2016</b> - Pat called me to the window at 1 p.m.= , to show me a large flock of <b>75+ waxwings</b>, which sat in our trees bu= t just too far away for diagnosis for 15 minutes or so, then flew away. = ; I=E2=80=99ll bet they were Bohemians, but someone else will have to determ= ine that. Also present were 30+ goldfinches, 15+ mourning doves, 4 roc= k pigeons, and 10 starlings. This was in the Woodman apartment buildin= gs at east-end Wolfville.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in Wolfvi= lle.</div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div></div>= </div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div cl= ass=3D"gmail_signature">#################<br>Dr.R.B.Stern, <br>P= .O. Box 300,<br>Port Williams,<br>N.S., Canada,<br>B0P 1T0<br>Richard Stern,= <br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com" t= arget=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail.com</a><br>###################</div> </div> </div></blockquote></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-535825B3-39F3-4779-A9C7-913FB10C68D6--
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